Capable of deflecting small arms and rifle fire while traversing the deadly ... tank that would dominate the battlefield for the French. That would instead be the compact Renault FT light tank ...

In the battlefield conditions of WW1 this meant an average ... (quote attributed to a French soldier on the western front). But despite this, it's the machine-gun which remains the weapon which ...

The number is a reference to the highly effective French 75 mm field gun employed during the ongoing war. Such a naming was ...

After a century buried in the French mud, the number "39" was still legible when the bodies were found. That stands for the 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles - an infantry regiment raised during the time ...

A journalist and explorer documents life on the frontlines as war consumes everyday life for French society ... wall through which they thrust their rifles, those heroes who rushed out from ...

The recent tremors felt throughout France have been attributed to the fifty six thousand+ WWI & WWII U.S. soldiers ... One British, one American, one French. They all seem intent on mugging you.

For example, Conscript features you as a French soldier who searches ... players deep within the trenches of WWI while gearing them with authentic weapons from the time period.

The exhausted British and French gave ground but finally managed ... From the high ground, the Germans were able to pour machine-gun and small-arms fire on Lenihan's 83rd, preventing it from ...

Lawrence Leslie McVey in uniform National Museum of African American History and Culture French Croix de Guerre medal issued ... History and Culture Photographic postcard of WWI soldier with rifle ...

Forgotten in the confusion of war, their exact location was till now a mystery - one which the French and German authorities ... A shell fired from a naval gun hit the entrance, triggering more ...

Some examples: Unrestricted use of chemical agents caused 1 million of the 26 million casualties suffered by all sides in WWI. It started with the French ... of chemical weapons left the world ...

Around 650,000 Canadian soldiers fought in WW1. In the east ... surround Paris and force a French surrender. This failure, along with the introduction of modern weapons such as machine guns ...